“I come from a political family. My father was a freedom fighter. He was a prominent leader of the locality and member of the Congress party. He spent 10 years in British prisons. In the evening, in our living room, the only subject we used to discuss was politics. So politics was not unfamiliar to me.” YearsPoliticalUsedFatherRoomsPartyLeaderSubjectsMembersPrisonCongressBritishFighterEveningLiving RoomUnfamiliarProminentFreedom FighterLocalityCongress Party Author:Pranab Mukherjee
“I've tried to maintain my independence in Congress. Sometimes that has meant opposing my own party leaders.” SometimesMy OwnPartyLeaderIndependenceCongressOpposing Author:Collin Peterson
“I believe that our office has clearly been the leader in building coalitions, in getting other universities across the contrary to interact more effectively with the government and particularly the Congress.” BelieveGovernmentI BelieveLeaderBuildingOfficeUniversityCongressContraryCoalitions Author:Charles M. Vest
“I can finally go home and tell the constituents, law enforcement, and leaders in Washington state that Congress is treating the meth problem with the same urgency and commitment that local communities have been treating it with for years.” YearsHas BeensI CanStatesProblemHomeLawCommunityLeaderCommitmentCongressLocalsLaw EnforcementEnforcementUrgencyConstituentsLocal CommunityWashington State Author:Rick Larsen
“We, as conservative intellectuals, should not be in the business of making excuses for bad parliamentary decisions by Republican leaders in Congress.” ShouldDecisionLeaderRepublicanCongressConservativeExcuseParliamentaryMaking ExcusesParliamentary System Author:David Frum
“Every new generation of LGBT Americans needs to be inspired by leaders who come out - whether in Congress, the nonprofit sector, the NFL, or corner offices of Fortune 100 companies.” NeedsCompanyLeaderGenerationsOfficeFortuneInspiredCongressCornersNflLgbtNew GenerationBe InspiredNonprofits Author:Anthony Romero
“I say, of the Congress, then, this - that its aims are mistaken, that the spirit in which it proceeds towards their accomplishment is not a spirit of sincerity and whole-heartedness, and that the methods it has chosen are not the right methods, and the leaders in whom it trusts, not the right sort of men to be leaders; - in brief, that we are at present the blind led, if not by the blind, at any rate by the one-eyed.” IfsMenWholeSpiritLeaderAimMethodBlindRateCongressChosenAccomplishmentSincerityMistaken Author:Sri Aurobindo
“There's a different leader in Syria now. Many of the members of Congress of both parties who have gone to Syria in recent months have said they believe he's a reformer.” BelieveSaidDifferentPartyLeaderGoneMonthsMembersCongressSyriaReformers Author:Hillary Clinton
“Today it is difficult to find leaders who are independent of the forces that have brought us our problems: The Congress, the bureaucracy, the lobbyists, big business, and big labor.” ProblemWisdomBigsTodayPoliticsForceDifficultLeaderEconomyLaborIndependentCongressLiberalismBureaucracyBig BusinessLobbyists Author:Ronald Reagan
“The court follows elite opinion, not public opinion. And Democratic leaders in Congress and Republican leaders in Congress follow elite opinion as well. It's what I've called "the Washington cartel." It's career politicians in both parties. It is lobbyists and giant corporations.” WellsPartyLeaderOpinionCareersPoliticianRepublicanCourtDemocraticCongressCorporationsGiantsElitesPublic OpinionLobbyistsCartelsCareer PoliticiansDemocratic Leaders Author:Ted Cruz
“America isn't Congress. America isn't Washington. America is the striving immigrant who starts a business, or the mom who works two low-wage jobs to give her kid a better life. America is the union leader and the CEO who put aside their differences to make the economy stronger.” GivingTwoKidsJobsAmericaDifferencesLeaderEconomyMomLowsStrongerUnionsStriveCongressImmigrantsCeoBetter Life Author:Barack Obama
“BJP is doing "gathbandhan". Congress is doing "brashtbandhan" and the criminals are doing "lathbandhan". Our politics is about coalitions. Every coalition where the BJP is part of as leaders, has been successful.” Has BeensPoliticsLeaderSuccessfulIndiaCongressCriminalsCoalitionsBjp Author:Narendra Modi
“Congress needs to send a strong signal that direct communication with the leader of the free world is a privilege, particularly for a regime that has been as hostile as Iran has been towards America for more than three decades. President Rouhani needs to take these two simple steps to demonstrate good faith before any further discussions.” WorldNeedsHas BeensTwoRealityAmericaThreePoliticsStrongPresidentCommunityLeadershipJusticeSimpleLeaderStepsHistoryViolenceGenerationsPolicyCommunicationSpringDirectTradeStrategyCongressPrivilegeTerrorismDecadesIdeologyDiscussionIranRegimesForeign PolicySignalsHostileDiplomacyCivilityDisobedienceCivil DisobedienceFree WorldGood FaithArab SpringDirect Communication Author:Ted Cruz